circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
to pass (of time); to elapse
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to become clear; to be made public
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
main cause; primary factor
world; society; people; the public
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
scale; scope; plan; structure
beyond imagination; unimaginable
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)